Pretend Like It's the First Time

Having seen countless movies and shows over the past decade, Arcane stands out as one of the best. It's emotionally powerful, that's got tears out of my eyes.

The animation is breathtaking. Each frame is a work of art, with incredibly lifelike characters and stunningly detailed environments. The lighting and sound design are equally impressive, creating a truly captivating world. The lore is rich and well-developed, with no plot holes to disrupt the story. The narrative itself is fresh and engaging, far from generic.

This episode focuses on Ekko and Power's characters.

Unlike others where there were only glimpses of Powder, this ep fully shown the true person of Powder without all the persona of Jinx. It reinforces the idea that Jinx is a product of her environment and the choices made by others, and it offers a glimmer of hope that redemption may still be possible.

The pacing is deliberately slower than the previous, fast-paced episodes, it allows for deeper character development and emotional resonance. The dance scene, captured in a series of distinct, memorable frames. It's as if Ekko is trying to imprint the moment in his memory.

While the pace in Ekko's scenes is slow down, it is sliced with Jayce's eerie scenes. The audience is able to feel the joy and hope in Ekko's world, only to be immediately confronted with the despair and desolation in Jayce's. This rapid shift in emotions heightens the dramatic tension and keeps the viewer engaged.

While it is a great show, i can see 1 star ratings from the same person that are, NOT REAL RATINGs, full of envy and obviously made by hardcore fans of other shows and movies, HATING ON THE HAIR while it is true to the lore, the fact that they compared (the number of ratings of) a show with a completely different genre like BB, THAT IS been out for years to one that's barely finished is ridiculous.

And i almost forgot, thank you to everyone that had their hands in the making of this masterpiece.

Ill keep it short. I really really enjoyed this episode because, arguably for the first time this season, the story of this episode is focused and relatively simple to follow.

That creates space to breath. And, importantly, space to focus on the characters themselves instead of the plot developments. This season has been hectic and chaotic and, while incredibly awesome, it has left me personally little space to really emotionally connect in new ways. I still got emotional, but mostly on emotional currency build in season 1.

This episode creates space for that and essentially creates new emotional currency to spend later on (or in this same episode).

Dude. This episode. After the shocker that was episode 6, this was can be seen as a slow episode. But nah, this is just the antidote that Arcane needed. A constant complaint I see on this show is that "oh, the pacing is too fast". However, this episode takes a step back and shows us what Arcane has up its sleeves. It's so heartbreaking to see what could've been. The pacing is perfect. This is one of my favorite episodes of the series as it TAKES THE TIME to give really well written character development. Also, it fills in the gaps that act ii did not address really well. Really good stuff. Bravo.

The show starts taking a turn to high conceptuality from here. The animations deliver the high concept so well that those abstract places could only be described through those animations and my words falter to deliver the job. However I promise you thst this episode has a huge surprise for you. This episode focuses very strongly on the characters. I could never ever EVER have possibly imagined that the show would go that far in that direction but it did and it delivered it so well that i think anyone who watched it would've had tears in their eyes or at least had eyes precipitation. The use of music and animation style work synergistically to do the job. Arguably the best episode of the show 10/10.

After the tragedy of Episode 6, I kind of felt it wouldn't get any better, but Episode 7 is fricking mind-blowing, and I understand what they're trying to do now.

The animation quality in this episode remains top-notch, with more light and vibrant colors, which makes it really different from what we've seen before. It truly feels like living in a different world, especially in the cinematography during the scene with Jayce and with hextech.

I was really skeptical about how they were going to end this show, but after this episode, I'm thrilled to see how it goes. This show is truly an artistic masterpiece.